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6 minutes ago, evil betty said:

I believe that yesterday's result in Cerro Catedral confirms Faiz Basha has met the Olympic Criteria.  FIS points not finalized yet for some reason, but his result should easily be better than what he needed.

That confirms our first returning nation to the WOG!

What a statistic, don't think this has happened in any sport ever.

35 minutes ago, Josh said:

SHE’S DONE IT! 

 

Erin Brooks is the WSL Fiji Pro champion, defeating Weston-Webb in the final heat! 
 

Edit: This is her first CT appearance by the way, which makes it even more impressive.

So sad she didn't qualify for Paris 😞

Canadian wrestling has some life!

Kaura Coles is the U17 WC in the 53 kg event! (she pinned a Japanese wrestler to win gold)

Canada is not competing at all

7 minutes ago, AmericanHero40 said:

Is there a host nation quota that USA might not automatically receive? The only one that comes to mind is Field Hockey. I was thinking about Handball as well but as i see Great Britain receiving host nation quota for 2012 , it will likely be the same (though maybe IHF and IOC would like to avoid that embarrassment and put a standard on their quota)

 

for Field Hockey i remembered that Brazil got a standard they had to achieve in 2016, and the women's team didn't make it

Both field hockey teams are ranked higher than BRazil and should qualify. The IHF has been giving US free quotas to their Worlds with the goal being LA2028, so highly doubtful they don't give them a host quota.

2 hours ago, james89 said:

The breastroke leg on the relay from Oliver Dawson was 1:00.22. Wow!

Can we continue prayer circles here?

*Prayer circle for Dawson developing into a world class breaststroker*

17 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said:

Sixes  - basically box lacrosse outdoors - seems a very clever form to bring to the Games - there's something of the Rugby sevens magic to it in terms of fitting in a nulti-sport event. Any Random soccer/football field can hold it.

 

Coming from Ireland where we have the two big fast moving Gaelic field sports, football and hurling, I can sort of see how Sevens and Sixes might actually complement each other rather well as major multi event 'tasters' for the main sport (and much like beach volleyball too, come to think of it)..If it works as well as some of the videos I've seen, it may be able to make a case for hanging about - and give the other larger team sports some pause for thought.

 

Big team sports are almost absent from the European Games, and are probably the main culprit in the overexpansion of the Commonwealth Games - 'small sided' versions of these sports are going to get increasingly popular with organisers (hence, presumably 3x3, even though basketball probably didn't need to do it).

 

So how could baseball/softball, cricket, hockey, water polo, handball meet that challenge?

 

i know the Kiwis had an interesting Pre-T20 idea of six a side cricket in a football stadium, drop in pitch, with modified scoring (4 for boundary, 6 for first-tier stand, 8 for second-tier, 10 for clearing the stadium sort of idea) - six a side, 10 overs, 5 all-rounder's and a wicketkeeper, 2 overs per bowler. T20 is fabulous as a TV sized product, but it's not small sided - the round and the player numbers are still the same.

Baseball has baseball 5s and so does Field hockey. Handball has beach handball and water polo has "4s"

9 hours ago, NearPup said:

Wasn't the steeplechase added because it mimicked cross-country?

1 hour ago, dodge said:

Hi, idiot here, cross country running and cyclo cross should ABSOLUTELY be in the winter games but the same 20 odd countries are afraid of opening up their games to outsiders 

 

They have their rule about games being needed to be played on snow and ice but IMO that’s a far more ridiculous idea than allowing cross country running in. 
 

 

Yea no. It's not a winter sport. It should not be held on the WOG. If WA wants it so badly, they can drop the steeplechase and add this.

8 minutes ago, vovanA said:

OMG, can't believe there's a North American team whose name doesn't consist of a toponymy and a random plural noun

It's only temporary as the hockey season starts soon and there was not enough time apparently to rebrand.

1 hour ago, dodge said:

Normally I’d agree, but we need to flush out flag football first

Yes but my comment referred to individual sports like squash.

There is no quota space but if the OC proposes it, the IOC isn't going to say no imo

2 hours ago, evil betty said:

Is there anyone out there tracking countries that have met the Alpine Olympic standard already? There have been enough SAC races for it to be possible I think.

Singapore is 2 races out from qualifying their first ever skier. 

With past precedence, a sport not in thr top 2 tiers will likely find it hard to add another discipline without dropping event. For ex. Canoeing in Paris.

Nice rebound for the team

 will not be entering a team in the mixed competition at the WOrld Juniors. Can't recall the last time this has happened.

I wonder if its a budgetary issue  

4 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Yeah, the sport/event program needs to be able to change as trends and interest change.

 

With that said, once an event is added it should stay for a while (only exception is demonstration events). The addition/removal of an event should be a well thoughtful and researched process and not be done on a whim.

Yea not a big fan of the one offs. At a minimum 2 to 3 cycles for the individual sports. 

10 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Any idea why the U23 events are abbreviated with a B?  

 

I get the J for the U19 events, assuming it's J for Junior, but the B...?

THey are considered as "Senior B", which is where the B comes from

Final sports program should be determined on Oct 3-4 in Paraguay (Panamsports General Assembly)

is the newest member of the WCF

7 minutes ago, Josh said:

20.18m for Sarah Mitton at Thumer Werfertag! 

So sad she couldn't do this at the Olympics 

7 minutes ago, Surlympics said:

Even ski mountaineering?

oh yea i forgot about that sport. I think there may be an outside shot, yes

Canada will qualify in every sport except Nordic Combined.

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